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Residents ask Butte-Silver Bow to request state and federal investigations into July 2024 child removal; county attorney says investigation pending
Summary
Multiple residents on July 23 asked Butte-Silver Bow commissioners to request state and federal investigations into the July 29, 2024 removal of three minors; County Attorney Enruth said his office has an investigation pending and that the children are not being human trafficked.
Multiple residents on July 23 asked Butte-Silver Bow commissioners to request investigations by the Montana Attorney General's Office and the U.S. Department of Justice into the July 29, 2024 removal of three minors from a foster home.
Tracy Morin addressed commissioners: "We are only asking you to make a formal request to the Department of Justice to investigate what the Silver Bow County employees have done." Morin alleged that county employees used excessive force, violated constitutional rights and acted at the direction of an outside government; she asked the council to make formal referrals to state and federal authorities.
Other speakers, including Hannah Morin Ferguson, Nathaniel Morin Ferguson, Tina Moore, Selena Jono and Roy Robert Jono, reiterated…
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